The Canisius College women's basketball team set the program record for fewest points allowed at the Division I level in the 70-28 win over Rider University in the Koessler Athletic Center on Sunday afternoon. The Golden Griffins improve to 9-18 overall and 5-11 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Freshman Jen Lennox led the Golden Griffins with a career-high 16 points to go along with a team-high seven rebounds. Senior Micayla Drysdale had 13 points, six rebounds, six assists and three steals. Jen Morabito had 12 points and was 2-for-4 from behind the arc. Ten of the 11 Golden Griffins scored in the game and all 11 played double-digit minutes.

"We've been playing so well in practice, and before the game we talked about carrying that success in practice over to the game. I think that definitely happened today," Canisius coach Terry Zeh said. "We flowed well offensively, played well collectively on defense and did a good job rebounding the basketball."

Canisius jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the opening minute - getting a jumper from Lennox and 3-pointer from Drysdale. The Griffs would build a 14-3 lead on a 3-pointer from the wing from sophomore Ashley Durham. Rider scored back-to-back baskets to make it 14-7, but a layup from sophomore Melissa Gardner started a 12-0 run with five different players scoring during the four-minute stretch. Canisius started 15-for-24 (62.5 percent) from the floor and shot 57.1 percent in the first half as the Griffs took a 41-15 lead into the locker room.

After Rider scored two of the first three baskets to start the second half, Canisius extended its lead to 52-19 by scoring nine straight points - getting a 3-pointer and jumper from Drysdale, layup from Courtney VandeBovenkamp and layup from Durham. The Griffs held Rider to one basket in the final 10:40 of the game, which came with 18 seconds remaining in the contest.

Sophomore Caitlin Bopp led Rider with six points and seven rebounds while Sarah Homan, Carleigh Brown and Shereen Lightbourne had five points apiece. The Griffs held freshman MyNeshia McKenzie to two points and zero rebounds after McKenzie came into the game averaging 19 points and 11.5 rebounds in the last four games.

Canisius concludes its three-game homestand with its final home game of the regular season on Thursday night, when the Golden Griffins host rival Niagara University. Game time is set for 7 p.m. with Senior Night festivities scheduled for about 15 minutes prior to tipoff.

Notes: Canisius broke the program record for fewest points allowed from Nov. 12, 2007, when the Golden Griffins defeated Colgate 78-33... The 70 points scored matched a season high (Nov. 20 at Colgate)... The 25-point halftime lead was the largest since a 48-13 lead on Nov. 12, 2007, also against Colgate... Drysdale has scored in double figures for the fourth straight game - the longest streak of her career... In eight career games against Rider, Drysdale has 27 assists and 10 turnovers... The six assists for Drysdale were a season high... Lennox scored in double figures for the second time this season (12 points at Binghamton on Nov. 16)... Lennox recorded her 22^nd block on the season and tied the program's Division I record for blocks in a season by a freshman (22, Whitney Ellenor, 2009-10)... Canisius improved to 52-11 under Zeh when scoring 70 or more points in a game... Canisius improves to 13-2 in 15 all-time meetings with Rider in Buffalo.